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CUNY Peer Leaders Spring 2026 Kick-off
Originally posted on the CUNY Peer Leaders website. The Spring 2026 CUNY Peer Leaders (CPL) had their cohort kick-off meeting on Friday, February 13th, at the CUNY Graduate Center. Focused on the theme of “Togetherness and Building Community,” the event was designed to lay the groundwork for a semester of growth, collaboration, and mentorship for the student…
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GC PhD STUDENTS APPLY TODAY! CALL FOR FI GRADUATE FELLOWS, 2026-2027
Application Deadline: Friday, March 20, 2026 by 11:59pm The Futures Initiative advocates for greater equity and innovation in higher education. Housed at and supported by the CUNY Graduate Center, our programs, both graduate and undergraduate, reach throughout the CUNY Community, striving to empower the next generation of intellectual leaders with bold, public, and engaged teaching and learning.…
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Join Google Hangout Sep 15, 4p EST: The End of Higher Education
The End of Higher Education September 15, 2014 1 PM PDT / 3 PM CDT / 4 PM EDT via Google Live Hangout. As shrinking budgets, skeptical publics, and rising alternatives continue to threaten the end of higher education, we host this conversation as a contemplation of what the end – or purpose – of…
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Course Description (S 15): Mapping the Futures of Higher Education
Here are some early ideas describing the method of the first course to be offered by the Futures Initiative at the Graduate Center CUNY. There will be a large interactive public component to which anyone who wishes will be invited. The course will be team-taught by myself (Cathy N. Davidson, Director of the Futures Initiative)…
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The Eighty-Five Percent: Or, Why CUNY is New York’s Best Kept Secret
Also available as a blog post on hastac.org On July 1, I left my friends, family, students, and neighbors at Duke University, where I had enjoyed as rich and fulfilling a career for over two decades as any academic could aspire to, to take up a new position among the distinguished faculty at the…
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